Dallas TV star among 20 top authors announced for Texas Book Festival 2015

Dallas TV star among 20 top authors announced for Texas Book Fest 2015

Linda Gray is among the featured authors for the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Photo by Kristina Bowman

The Texas Book Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015, and the organization has announced 20 top authors participating this year — including Linda Gray, better known as Sue Ellen Ewing around these parts.

"I'm so happy we can finally share a handful of the literary stars and soon-to-be-stars joining us this year," said literary director Steph Opitz in a release. "Looking for something for that gourmand friend? Check. Angsty tween who loves comics? Check. A 20-something aspiring poet who's read it all? Check. The family history buff? Check."

In addition to Gray, this year's talent includes notable names like Chuck Palahniuk, Sandra Cisneros, Margaret Atwood, Wendell Pierce and Aaron Franklin. These authors and many more will be featured at the festival, which takes place October 17-18 around the Texas State Capitol in Austin.

The authors announced July 17 and their featured books include the following:

Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last

Chuck Palahniuk, Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread

Elizabeth Strout, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015: The Best Stories of the YearSloane Crosley, The Clasp

Sandra Cisneros, A House of My Own: Stories from My LifeChip Kidd, Judge This Adrian Tomine, Killing and DyingWendell Pierce, The Wind in the ReedsAvi with Brian Floca, Old WolfRaúl Colón, Draw!H. W. Brands, Reagan: The LifeMargo Jefferson, Negroland: A MemoirAlejandro Zambra, My DocumentsAttica Locke, PleasantvilleSaeed Jones, Prelude to a BruiseLinda Gray, The Road to Happiness is Always Under ConstructionAaron Franklin, Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking ManifestoJason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, All American BoysStephen L. Moore, Texas Rising:The Epic True Story of the Lone Star Republic and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836-1846Marie Lu, The Rose Society: A Young Elites Novel